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there are a couple of threads concerning with footwork going from front to back court. here is a motion sequence of Xia doing it. notice he went from net shot, hop back one step, then "fei bo" back to the back of the court to do a crazy winning jumpsmash. effectively, two hops between net tumble and jumpsmash at rear end of the court!

good move and everything but the lift by wong ch seem kinda short tho...maybe thats xia was able to hit a winning smash..but nevertheless, those r the kind of moves only pros can execute , takes a long of leg strenght

Originally posted by SmashingBird good move and everything but the lift by wong ch seem kinda short tho...maybe thats xia was able to hit a winning smash..but nevertheless, those r the kind of moves only pros can execute , takes a long of leg strenght

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It appeared WCH had to lift from a very sharp Xia net shot. Even so, the smash still had to be executed near back court.

for those who may not realize this, but when he does this, his right feet never (or barely) touch the floor (5th-9th frame), a la a triple jumper, that is he pivets with his left feet (twice).

Don't know anyone does this among top players.

what benefit can this have, has anyone tried this?

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yes. very good observation. for more description on this footwork, look at the following thread when Cheung describe the "fei bo" (flying steps). essentially, it is a footwork to the backcourt that let you rotate body (from racket side in front to racket side behind). more importantly, notice that between frames 6-8, not only his right foot never touch the ground, his left foot hopped back by a foot or two. the gain of distance between rotating the right foot from in front to behind plus the left foot hop covers the majority of the distance. the rest is covered by the last jump back with immense leg strength.

the lift is actually quite decent. here is a snap of the instant of contact. you can see that Xia is just around the double service line, and considering the shuttle is moving backwards. the shuttle would land inside the rear alley.

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The last few shots and the overhead show that he has covered about 2-3 ft by jumping backward to take the shot and still managed to get this body round to face the correct way to recover to play the next shot.

Must have been some scissor kick and smash to counter the backwards jump!!

This tread makes me think of a problem i have with the footsteps back from the center to the backhand corner for a 'round the head shot: it seems that there are two ways. One is to first split step towards the back, then turn the body so that the right leg goes back first, then do a step. Another one is to first turn the body, then do two steps. I have watched the pros, and both ways are praticed. What is your method?

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